Roy Geiger

Roy Stanley Geiger
Roy Stanley Geiger
	Lieutenant General Roy S. Geiger, U.S. Marine Corps
1st Military Governor of Guam
	In office; July 21, 1944 – August 10, 1944
Preceded by	Hideyoshi Obata (last Japanese military governors)
Succeeded by	Henry Louis Larsen
Personal details
Born	January 25, 1885; Middleburg, Florida, US
Died	January 23, 1947 (aged 61); Bethesda, Maryland, US
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery
Spouse	Eunice Renshaw Geiger (m. 1917)
Children	2
Nickname	"Jiggs"
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Marine Corps
Years of service	1907–1947
Rank	General
Commands held	1st Marine Aircraft Wing; I Amphibious Corps; III Amphibious Corps; Tenth Army; Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
Battles/wars	Philippine–American War; Banana Wars Nicaragua intervention; Haiti intervention; ; World War I; World War II Battle of Guadalcanal; Battle of Bougainville; Battle of Guam; Battle of Okinawa; ;
Awards	Navy Cross (2); Navy Distinguished Service Medal (3); Army Distinguished Service Medal;

General Roy Stanley Geiger (January 25, 1885 – January 23, 1947) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served in World War I and World War II. In World War II, he became the first Marine Corps general to lead a field army.

Geiger commanded the III Amphibious Corps in the Battle of Okinawa in 1945 before assuming the command of the U.S. Tenth Army upon the combat death of its commander, Lt. General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. Geiger successfully led the Tenth Army until relieved by General Joseph Stilwell.

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